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SPORTS
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940
Cagers Look to Sooner Game
Simonizing SportS By JAY SIMON
June Bierbower, the gal sports ed at Nebraska, was much impressed after the exhibition Ralph Miller put on for the Husker fans a few days ago. . She sez it's a good thing for the Jayhawk football opponents that "Riflin' Ralph" has moving targets on the gridiron instead of stationary ones as on the court. . Incidentally, Miller started at center last night when the Jayhawkers took the floor against Creighton at Omaha. . Frank Spence, the Oklahoma Daily sports scribbler, can't even figure out a way to beat the Jayhawkers on paper, which must be some kind of a record.
Nebraska whipped Okalahoma and Missouri mopped up on Kansas State in dual track meets over the weekend and it's hard to see anything but a two-team fight between the Tigers and the Huskers when the six-cornered track argument comes off Saturday night in Municipal auditorium at Kansas City.
Herb Hartman, burly football player, may wave the spring drills and keep on throwing the shot for the track team. . Baker tracksters come over every now and then to work out under the stadium with the local thinclads. . The baseballers checked out suits this afternoon and the golfers have their first meeting at 7:30 tonight, so it looks like we are going to have spring sports after all. . Only once this season did Coach George Edwards of Missouri fail to start the second half with the five that walked off the floor at intermission.
NOTICE
All women students planning to go to Norman, Okla., for the basketball game Friday, March 8. must have a letter of permission mailed direct to this office by their parents, and sign up in the office of the Adviser of Women, 220 Frank Strong hall, by 4 p.m. Thursday.
Elizabeth Meguiar, Adviser of Women.
Democrats Drive For Membership
Plans for a membership drive were outlined by Douglas Miller, c'40, president of Young Democrats last night in the Men's Lounge of the Memorial Union building.
The plan constituted of appointing representatives from every organized house with committeemen at the head of each group. The following committeemen were chosen:
Douglas Miller, c'40, social fraternities; Louise Grayson, c'40, social sororites; Jerry Riseley, b'40, independent men; Mary McLeod, b'40, independent women; Harry J. Brown, m'43, professional fraternities.
Bluejays Win Last Night By Two Points
Omaha, Neb., March 5—The Creighton Bluejays had a happy ending to a medicore season when they downed the Kansas Jayhawkers, 35 to 33, here last night as the season's largest crowd turned out to see the Big Six leaders in action.
The 2,500 fans had a big time during the opening half as Roach, Kelley, and Kittelson, all seniors closing brilliant careers, led the homelings to a 25 to 13 lead. However, they had quite a scare late in the game as the Jayhawkers came back with a rush and all but caught the Bluejays.
Howard Engleman, blond headed Kansas forward, paced the visitors with 13 points, with teammate Don Ebling next in line with eight. Ralph Miller, high scoring forward, was held to three points.
The Jayhawkers returned to Lawrence this morning, trying to forget their fourth defeat of the year and began pointing for their engagement with Oklahoma Friday night in Norman and their chance to win the Big Six title undisputed.
The squad went through a light practice this afternoon. All hands were in good shape after the battle at Omaha and are eager to meet the Sooners Friday.
A victory over Oklahoma will give them the conference flag with no strings attached and pit them against Oklahoma A. and M. to see who represents the fifth district in the N.C. A.A. cage playoffs.
The Box Score
KANSAS (33)
| | g | ft | mft | f | tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Ebling, f ... | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Engleman, f .. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Johnson, f ... | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Miller, c-f ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Allen, c ... | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Hunter, c ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Harp, g ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kline, g ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Vanor, g ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hogben, g ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 12 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| | g | ft | mft | f | tp |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| Jaquay, f ... | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Kittleson, f ... | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Fleming, f ... | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Seib, f ... | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kelley, c ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Roach, g ... | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Haldenman, g. ... | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Fitzgerald, g. ... | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Englebrett, g | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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CREIGHTON (35)
Totals 15 5 9 11 35
Score at half: Creighton 25, Kansas 13.
(This is the fifth of a series of articles dealing with prospects in the various events at the Big Six indoor track meet to be held in Kansas City's Municipal auditorium Saturday night. Tomorrow: the pole vault.)
Shot-Put Champion Not Favorite This Year
Holder of the American and national collegiate records in the shot put, Elmer Hackney of Kansas State, the "One Man Gang," will attempt to successfully defend his Big Six indoor championship at the conference meet in the Municipal auditorium in Kansas City, Saturday night.
Officials: Parke Carroll (Kansas City) and Ted O'Sullivan (Missouri).
Big Elmer practically heaved the iron ball out of sight last year in setting a new American record of 55 feet 11 inches and a national collegiate mark of 55 feet $10\frac{1}{2}$.
Hackney won the shot put at the Texas Relays, the Kansas Relays, and the Colorado Relays. With this warmup he then polished off championships at the Big Six meet and the national collegiate meet.
Not The Favorite
All of which should make him a prohibitive favorite to win the indoor championship for the second
Kansas Fencers Defeat K.C. Team
straight year, but he is not. A wrist injury almost ended his track career and kept his marks below 50 feet in the early season meets.
Consequently Hackney rates no better than an even choice with Ed Wibbels of Nebraska. The big Husker defeated Hackney in the Nebraska,-Kansas State dual meet and may be able to do it again. Wibbels, who is the holder of the national high school record in the discus throw, was third in the shot put last year.
Most likely choice for the third spot is the Kansas State shot putter, Bill Vanderbilt. The Wildcat weight man was fifth in the outdoor meet and tossed the iron ball more than 48 feet in one meet last spring.
Another Cornhusker and another Wildcat are expected to battle it out with three Missouri Tigers for third and fourth in the shot put.
The University of Kansas champion fencing team again showed its versatility by easily defeating the Kansas City University foilers in a meet
Back In Form--there Saturday. The Jayhawkers won eight out of nine individual matches with the Kansas City fencers.
This junior forward got back in the swing of things last night when he scored 13 points against Creighton to lead the Jayhawker scoring. In the Missouri game Engleman tied Ralph Miller for high honors with 10.
HOWARD ENGLEMAN
A Three-Team Affair
The other contenders for third are Ray Prochaska of Nebraska and Myron Counsel, Stillman House, and John Ellis of Missouri. All have marks to their credit of 46 feet or better.
The Kansas fencers, now coachee, by Jim Raport, have the record of not losing a meet in the last eight years of competition.
Results of the individual matches are as follows:
Haven Glassmire (K.U.) defeated Harley Harresi, 5-0 and Arleigh Lassiter, 5-4.
Kalman Oravetz (K.U.) defeated Sophocles Vassiliades, 5-2 and Waldolf Griswold, 5-2.
Carlos de Jonon (K.U.) defeated Sophocles Vassiliades, 5-3 and Waldolf Griswold, 5-2.
William Truxal (K.U.) defeated Sophocles Vassiliades, 5-0 and was defeated by Arleigh Lassiter, 3-5.
Ed Price (K.U.) defeated Harley
Harresi, 5-1.
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Coach Getto Checks Out Twenty Suits
By Charles Skidmore, c'41
With old sol peering down brightly this afternoon, hinting of spring in spite of a chilly wind, more than 20 prospective Jayhawker baseball players reported at 3:30 to check out suits from newly-appointed c oach Mike Getto. With only six veterans, two of them pitchers, back, the former freshman football coach faces the task of building a new team.
The first two-game stand is scheduled with Kansas State, April 12 and 13, here. Getto said today that he intends to get a practice game with some nearby team before that time to provide some real competition. Likes Oklahoma and Missouri
Until the season opens, the team will work-out five days a week. Getto indicated that he means to put his charges through a lot of stiff practice, because most of his mate-
The first meeting was conducted today under the west side of the stadium, because weather conditions won't permit players outside for a while. For the first few sessions, practice will be confined to throwing the ball around and drills on the fundamentals. With the close of the track season nearing, coach Getto will take his charges into the heated "field house" under the east side of the stadium for training until warmer weather arrives to allow practice on the diamond.
Ed Hall and Frank Bukaty, regulars on the first string in 1939, won't be back. They both lack two hours of credit hours to make them eligible.
Getto is confronted with the problem of filling in two gaps in the outfield, with only Captain Eldreth Cadwalader returning. Three utility men from last year, "Chuck" Cramer, Larry Hensley, and Paul Hienz, will probably see first team play this spring. One bright spot on the baseball horizon is the return of pitchers "Red" Dugan and John Burge. The rest of the team will be built from new recruits.
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